Trader, eFX Spot & Digital Assets Trading

You will join the dynamic eFX Spot & Digital Assets Trading team, which serves the bank’s electronic trading business as principal counterparty in OTC venues and CLOBs and as operator of SQX: Swissquote’s own cryptocurrency exchange. As a team we: contribute to the bank’s commercial goals by managing the electronic risk book (proprietary internalization system) provision SPOT liquidity such that clients’ execution needs and the bank’s policies are sustainably met ensure a gainful network of trading counterparties ensure that SQX serves as an attractive and compliant marketplace for clients and market-makers drive the bank’s ongoing investments in its proprietary trading and risk systems in collaboration with software engineers promote quantitative research initiatives in collaboration with quantitative researchers promote excellent product quality and participate in its continuous improvement facilitate new business initiatives in collaboration with various internal teams We are committed to supporting your growth, helping you become a reliable and autonomous team member: Monitor orders, trades, overall market conditions, news flow, real-time risk and P&L Fine-tune price construction, execution and risk management production algorithms Assess client flow quality, fine-tune tiering and liaise with Sales teams Analyze results, identify and execute (or drive) improvements Contribute to quantitative research, systems testing and infrastructure optimization Work closely with technology teams

Previous trading experience in a sell-side electronic trading firm/bank is a strong plus Deep understanding of market (micro)structure, client needs and the competition landscape Proficient in transforming large sets of financial tick-data into actionable insights   Solid programming and mathematical rigor Fast decision-making under pressure Succeed to liaise effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Self-driven, intellectually curious, structured, attention to detail, team-oriented Degree in quantitative discipline from top ranked university Fluent in English